More than 35 species of falcons roam the Earth’s skies at present. But there used to be at least three others. Here’s the story of the confirmed falcon species lost to the world forever.

Two new studies add to the evidence that human activity, from fishing to urban development, is driving the evolution of wild ...

In a first-of-its-kind study, Stanford researchers have measured how the abundance of ocean life has changed over the past ...

Earlier this year, Gilbert’s team published a study about its attempt to recover the genome of the Christmas Island rat, which went extinct in the early 20th century, by using the genome of the ...

Surprising new fossil evidence undermines the idea that there was ever a mass extinction on land – and may force us to ...

What happened to all the megafauna? From moas to mammoths, many large animals went extinct between 50 and 10,000 years ago. Learning why could provide crucial evidence about prehistoric ecosystems ...

There are so many animals that have gone extinct through the ages that we’re choosing to focus just on creatures that went extinct relatively recently: from 1800 onward.

According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, there are over 1,300 species listed as endangered or threatened to become extinct in the U.S. under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

Dire wolves went extinct roughly 13,000 years ago. ... secluded 2,000-acre ecological nature preserve in the United States surrounded by a 10-foot-tall fence to safeguard the animals. ...

The dire wolf, which went extinct 12,500 years ago, revived by biotech company. By ... The company says the animals are being cared for on a 2,000-acre preserve, ...

A biotech company says it has bred three animals with key physical features of the dire wolf — a species that has been extinct for more than 12,000 years. Colossal Biosciences says it used novel ...

Colossal Biosciences said Monday the wolf pups range in age from three to six months old and have long white hair and muscular jaws. Dire wolves went extinct more than 10,000 years ago.